How Is The Struggle An Important Part of Any Chosen Path?

Because without the struggle we lack the impetus for growth and change.

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One of the hardest aspects of working to improve our lives is stepping out of our existing comfort zones.

Why is it called a comfort zone? Because it’s comfortable.

Though that’s not wholly accurate. More than being comfortable, our comfort zone is about familiarity. It’s what we know, are used to, and consider deep down to be the norm. Such that it is.

This is why we often develop a comfort zone where we’re not truly comfortable. Familiar? Yes. Comfortable? No.

For example — the cubicle at the office you’ve nested within to develop a sense of belonging and hominess. Which is great and familiar — but the job itself? Not where you desire to spend so many hours of your life.

Because escaping our comfort zones is so challenging, we spent a lot of the time — when we’re doing self-work — struggling. This is due to the conflict that ensues when we actively work to step out of any given comfort zone.

So why bother? Because when we don’t act to leave a comfort zone we stagnate. When we stagnate, we cease to grow, evolve, and actively change. But because passive change happens and is…